Example sentences of "and led he [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She took hold of his hand and led him over to the small bed . |
| 2 | McGowan took Jed by the arm and led him over to the cardboard box . |
| 3 | The guy let him carry his own case and led him through into the concourse where the English driver from the Embassy pool was waiting . |
| 4 | Senga took her brother 's hand and led him out into the hall . |
| 5 | Two policemen forcibly took her arms from around her son , and led him out to the car to join his sister . |
| 6 | They beat him up in the alleyway , tied his hands and led him off to the Marshalsea . |
| 7 | Esther was saying , returning to the guest list , recalling scores not settled a quarter of a century ago : ‘ Yes , the very man , he 's a something or other in the DES , he 's a very important chap now , you ought to have a go at him , ’ Liz replied , and as she spoke the doorbell rang , and there was the first guest , on the dot of two minutes past nine o'clock , tall , thin , grey , anxious , clutching a bunch of yellow roses , ex-priest turned analyst Joseph O'Toole , standing stranded on the black and white marble tiles , not knowing where to turn , how to divest himself of his coat , to whom to deliver his roses , a lost man , gazing mildly at the unexpected butler , waiting for the arrival of familiar Liz Headleand , who advanced upon him , took the roses , embraced him , restored him , and led him in to Charles , Alix and Esther : a quarter of an hour earlier she had predicted the time of his arrival accurately , to the minute , and now smiled triumphantly as she effected the introductions , a smile of complicity in which Joseph O'Toole , who was acutely aware of his own punctuality problem , was able with a pleasant relief to share . |